6th Asian Film Awards
Event
The 6th Asian Film Awards is an intra-continental annually-presented award ceremony hosted during the Hong Kong International Film Festival to honour the best Asian films of 2011.
Awards were presented in 14 general categories. People's Choice Awards were also presented for Favorite Actor and Favorite Actress. In addition, three special awards were also given, the Lifetime Achievement Award, The Edward Yang New Talent Award and The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian Film. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2012[ 2] [ 3]
The awards were held at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center as part of the Entertainment Expo's Opening Gala.[ 4] aTV World on March 20 and in aTV Asia on March 22.[ 1]
Jury
The jury for the awards consisted of 12 members from various countries; filmmakers, producers, critics and delegates from other international film festivals were a part of the jury.[ 4]
Legend
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold .
Asghar Farhadi, winner of Best Director
Favorite Actor
Favorite Actress
Special awards
Lifetime Achievement Award The Edward Yang New Talent Award Edwin The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian Film
Films with multiple awards and nominations
Multiple awards These films won more than one award at the ceremony :
Multiple nominations These films received more than one nomination at the awards :
Eight : The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Six : Nader and Simin, A Separation The Flowers of War Seediq Bale Four : A Simple Life Wu Xia Three : Lovely Man The Front Line The Woman in the Septic Tank You Are the Apple of My Eye You Don't Get Life a Second Time Two : 11 Flowers , Chronicle of My Mother , Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Overheard 2 Postcard Starry Starry Night The Dirty Picture The Mirror Never Lies , The Outrage , War of the Arrows White Vengeance
Nations who received awards and nominations
Awards The awards tally includes People's Choice Awards and special awards.
Nation
Number of
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Nominations The nominations tally includes People's Choice Awards nominations.
Nation
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Notes
a ^ "Mainland China" was used to refer to the People's Republic of China .b ^ "Taiwan" was used to refer to the Republic of China .c ^ d ^ e ^ f ^ g ^ co-production with China for the film, 11 Flowers , thus sharing 2 nominations with China.
Presenters
References
^ a b "6th Asian Film Awards NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION takes four prizes at the glittering Presentation Ceremony" . Asian Film Awards. March 19, 2012. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012 .^ Hudson, David (January 17, 2012). "Asian Film Awards Nominations 2012" . The Daily (Mubi). Retrieved March 20, 2012 . ^ "Asian Film Awards 2012: Nominations: THE FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE" . Film Book. January 18, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012 .^ a b "The 6 th Asian Film Awards announces nominations in 14 categories as Singaporean director Eric KHOO is named Jury President" . Asian Film Awards. January 17, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012 .
External links
Awards Ceremonies Note: Ceremonies are listed here by the year in which they were held, not necessarily the year in which nominated films were released.
